Ethereum Whale $4.5 Million Burn Shocks ETH Community, What’s Going On?
August 07 2023 - 4:00PM
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The crypto space is never lacking of events – from hacks to
memecoins frenzy, to traders realizing huge profits from trades.
This time, it is the action of a particular Ethereum whale that has
caught attention, one that has the ETH community in shock as to the
reasons for such action. The mysterious whale in question
with the Ethereum address ‘nd4.eth’ sent $4.5 million worth of
Ether (2,500 ETH) to a ‘burn’ address, in a move that removes these
tokens from circulation forever. This interesting event, which
occurred on July 26, has led to a burning question on the lips of
everyone – who is this mysterious whale? Who Is The Mysterious
Ethereum Whale? Although there is currently limited information on
the mysterious whale, Crypto Twitter has been able to dig up some
information as to who this person might be. Recent Twitter
discussions revealed that the user behind ‘nd4.eth’ was on Binance
Leaderboard which shows the traders in profits on the
platform. Related Reading: Curve Finance Announces $1.85
Million Bounty For Stable Pool Exploiter Another Twitter user
(@serialsexhaver) revealed that the trader had over $20 million in
earnings on GMT long and “went all in on a btc short” and then
deleted his account. The Tweet read: Last year he was on Binance
leaderboard, made north on 20mill on gmt long, was giving away
anons gmt sneakers and went all in on a btc short …then deleted his
account This is also not the first time this particular user is
doing something like this. According to information gotten from
Web3 portfolio tracker DeBank, the “nd4.eth’ address had previously
sent Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) to another burn address many times,
with these transactions amounting to approximately $8,000 in total.
The address still has a huge portfolio though, with close to $3.57
million staked on GMX and GNS. ETH price plunges to $1,823 |
Source: ETHUSD on Tradingview.com Contributing To The Growth Of ETH
While the crypto community continues to speculate the reasons for
the ‘$4.5 million burn,’ there is no doubt that the ‘nd4.eth’
address has, for whatever reason, contributed to the growth of the
Ethereum ecosystems. His actions also further fuel the
Ethereum as an ‘ultra-sound money’ narrative. Laurence Day, the
creator of the Wildcat Protocol, jokingly commended the individual
when he stated: “If you didn’t wake up this morning and say thank
you to nd4.eth for contributing to the ultrasound money narrative,
I want you to have a long, hard think about what you’re trying to
achieve here.” Related Reading: Crypto Funds Vs Bitcoin Holders:
Who Was The Better Performer In H1 2023 True to it, the burning of
tokens makes it deflationary and is usually done to decrease the
token’s circulating supply and help boost demand and increase its
market value. Ethereum isn’t the only ecosystem that the said
individual is contributing to. According to a tweet from
Lookonchain, the user “spent 5,330 $DAI to buy $GMX and $GNS on
July 29 and also transferred 34.9 GMX ($1,989) and 600 GNX ($2,733)
to the dead address.” Featured image from iStock, chart from
Tradingview.com
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